Amtrak's Plan For New Tunnel Gains Support

Amtrak will spend $50 million to study a new Hudson River tunnel project expected to cost $13.5 billion, rail-system officials said Monday.

The two-tunnel Gateway project, part of a larger Amtrak plan for high-speed rail along the Northeast corridor, has been in the works for a few years but was fast-tracked after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie canceled a similar rail project. The Obama administration has made high-speed rail a...